Delivering the goods
Dear customers, partners and friends of Newforma:
If you’re like most Newforma Newsletter readers, you’re concerned with delivering a high-quality finished product on time and within budget. Project delivery is getting much more attention these days, as market forces push architects, engineers and contractors to collaborate more effectively. This edition of the newly renamed Newforma Newsletter describes how to achieve these ends. We close it with a picture profile that shows how Newforma team members are delivering the bacon (and eggs!) on their hobby farms.
– Patrick Gillam, editor
Headlines
Product review: Newforma Project Center Seventh Edition
AECbytes Founder and Editor Lachmi Khemlani, Ph.D., says, “While there are several other solutions providing different aspects of what Newforma Project Center provides, no other solution provides all of these services in an integrated manner.” Click here for the full review.
Tech tip: Lean design using Newforma Project Center
In a recent AECbytes “Tips and Tricks” column, Boulder Associates Principal Romano Nickerson and Senior Associate Todd Henderson show how to execute lean design using Excel spreadsheets and Newforma Project Center. The healthcare architecture firm used lean design to complete a $4 million medical imaging center in 85 percent of the originally scheduled time. Read their article here.
AIA initiatives: Ian Howell on integrated project delivery
The AIA's Kimberly Yoho interviews Newforma Chief Executive Officer Ian Howell as part of a series called “2009 & Beyond: Revisiting the Report on Integrated Practice,” which revisits a 2006 whitepaper written for the AIA’s2006 Report on Integrated Practice. Read the interview and download a podcast conversation between Ian and Markku Allison, AIA.
Case study: Populous project managers gain more control
ConnectPress communities have reprinted a case study on the use of Newforma Project Center at Populous, the former HOK subsidiary specializing in sports and event venues. In their own words, Populous architects tell how they’re streamlining work processes to mitigate risk and improve client service. Read it here.
A formula for successful project delivery: BIM + PIM = IPD
In the June 14 issue of The Zweig Letter, Newforma Chief Executive Officer Ian Howell describes how project information management (PIM) software combines with building information modeling (BIM) as “The new math for the A/E industry: BIM + PIM = IPD.”
Animal magnetism: Newforma hobby farmers
Newforma’s home state of New Hampshire has a long agricultural heritage. Few full-time farms survive today, but part-time and hobby farms abound. Newformants Jeff Thomson, David Jenkins, Allen Preger and Renee VanDyne are among those who keep farm animals; read their stories and see pictures of their livestock here.
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